Use physics concepts and principles to describe the behaviour of light
Notes:
1 Physics concepts and principles of light will be limited to the following:
• the way light travels in straight lines
• reflection from plane and spherical mirrors, qi=qr
• refraction, where one medium is air, at straight boundaries and spherical lenses
• total internal reflection
• critical angle (qualitative)
• visible spectrum as part of electromagnetic radiation, v=fl
• refraction of light through a prism to form a spectrum
• absorption, reflection, and transmission of colour
• primary colours andcolour mixing.
2 Contexts could include mirrors, cameras, microscopes, optical glasses, binoculars, telescopes, and the eye.
3 An ability to use ray diagrams to determine the nature, position, and size of images is expected.
4 Terms:
• Describe requires the student to draw and label diagrams or give characteristics of or an account of.
• Explain requires the student to use diagrams or provide reasons for how or why.
• Discuss requires the student to link scientific ideas to justify, relate, evaluate, compare and contrast, or analyse
Achievement Standard 90768
Use physics concepts and principles to describe the behaviour of lightNotes:
1 Physics concepts and principles of light will be limited to the following:
• the way light travels in straight lines
• reflection from plane and spherical mirrors, qi=qr
• refraction, where one medium is air, at straight boundaries and spherical lenses
• total internal reflection
• critical angle (qualitative)
• visible spectrum as part of electromagnetic radiation, v=fl
• refraction of light through a prism to form a spectrum
• absorption, reflection, and transmission of colour
• primary colours andcolour mixing.
2 Contexts could include mirrors, cameras, microscopes, optical glasses, binoculars, telescopes, and the eye.
3 An ability to use ray diagrams to determine the nature, position, and size of images is expected.
4 Terms:
• Describe requires the student to draw and label diagrams or give characteristics of or an account of.
• Explain requires the student to use diagrams or provide reasons for how or why.
• Discuss requires the student to link scientific ideas to justify, relate, evaluate, compare and contrast, or analyse
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